Corset



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Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATI-:sA

BLANCHE CERVELLI, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CORSET.

Application filed August 27, 1,923. Serial No. 659,637.

The present invention relates to improvements in corsets and its particular object is to provide a corset that will present certain advantages over the corsets used at the present time. To some extent it is a combination of the reducing garment described in my United States .Patent No. 1,457,147 with certain features ordinarily found in corsets. Its principal advantage lies in its particular cut, presenting a short front and a long back which latter being partly made of elastic'inaterial reaches around and below the seat while the shortened front allows the flesh to be pushed upwardly without interfering in any manner with the free movement of the legs. A further advantage offered by my corset is the provision of means for preventing the upper front portion of the corset from projecting away from the body of the person wearing the same. Fur ther objects and advantages of the device will appear as the specification proceeds.

The preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in r which Figure l shows a front View of my corset as worn by a model, Figure 2 a rear view of the same, Figure 3 isa perspective view of the upper portion of the corset by itself and Figure t is a side view.

IVhile I have shown only the preferred form of the invention it should be understood that `various changes or modifications may be made within the scope of the claims hereto attac-hed without departing from the spirit of the invention. t

My corset (l) consists of a strip of material, preferably silk jersey or any other soft, light weight material formed by the usual means such as gores and darts or by lateral seams to snugly lit the body of the person it is made for. r[he ends of the strip meet in front of the body and may be secured to one another by any suitable means, as for instance by the lacing (2) shown in the drawing. The principal part of the present invention is the. particular form of this strip of material which is made to present a compara-tively long back extending below the seat of the person wearing it and conforming to the outlines of the seat. The front edges (3) of the corset are cut away 1n the manner shown in Figure 1 so that the corset, although it has a long back, does not interfere with the free movement of the legs and does not exert any undue pressure when the person wearing the corset is seated. A central portion of the back extending throughout the of elastic material such as rubber, the elastic insert being comparatively narrow at the top-say about 3 or t inches-and being wide at the bottom, to provide flexibility and to allow of snug fitting without hampering the motions of the wearer.

In corsets as now commonly used it happens quite frequent-ly that due to the particular formation of the human body the upper central portion of the front of the corset projects away from the body of the wearer showing in extreme cases through the outer garments and causing the wearer to feel uncomfortable. To prevent this I provide the simple expedient of two elastic bands (5) secured to the top of the corset on opposite sides of its joint as shown at (6) and guided around the body to cross the joint and secured to the side of the corset in any suitable manner, as for instance by means of the snaps (7). It will be `readily seen that the two bands arranged in the manner shown in the drawing will prevent the upper front of the corset from bulging outwardly and will hold the same against the body. After the bands are worn out they are easily replaced by new ones.

The advantages of my new corset will be .readily understood from the foregoing description. The corset embracing the waist, the hips and the seat and having a short front has a tendency to press the flesh in front upwardly without causing an uncomfortable feeling or interfering with the free movement of the person wearing the corset. The elastic insert extending throughout the length of the back allows the corset to be fitted snugly against the body and particularly the lower portion of the saine without hindering the wearer in any manner.

I claim:

1. A corset comprising body portion made up of soft light weight and flexible although substantially non-elastic fabric, the upper edge of the corset being located at the waistline just above the hips throughout its extent around the body, said body having an elastic inset at the rear and having means associated with the body portion for uniting the edges thereof at the front, the corset being long at its back and having the lower portion of its back extending below, entirely across and around the seat and conforming lto the outlines thereof, the lower portion of length of the same is made the corset .at `the front being .out away on lilies which incline outwardly and downwardly from the center ot the corset to the sides thereof to provide a short front and to allow the Wea-rer freedom ot movement and Comfort.

2. A corset having a body portion split down the front, releasable means for seeuring the edges delining the split to each other' and in meeting relation, and auxiliary and a plurality of auxiliary releasable elastic means connected to the body portion oflE rthe corset on the opposite sides ot the split and at the top or' the lront of the body portion to prevent the corners ol the corset presented at the upper end of the split from projecting outwardly Yfrom the body` the said readily releasable elasticI means being transversely aligned.

3. A corset haring a body portion split down Lthe front, releasable means lor seeuring the edges delining the split to each other and in meeting relation, and auxiliary and readily releasable elastic means connected to the body portion of the corset on the opposite sides of the split and at the top 0f thel liront of the body portion to prevent the corners of the Corset presented at the upper end of the split from projecting ont Wardly 'from the body, said auxiliary and releasable elastic means including a pair ot transversely aligned elastic bands, one end ot' each ban-d being permanently fastened to the body portion ot the corset on one side of the split, and readily releasable fastening devices lfor securing the other end of each band to the body portion on the opposite side of the split trom that to which the rst mentioned end of the band is permanently fastened.

BLANCHE GERVELLI. 

